Styraconyxidae
family of tardigrades
The Styraconyxidae are a family of tardigrades. The family was first described by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen and Jeanne Renaud-Mornant in 1983.
Genera
The family includes the following genera:
Angursa Pollock, 1979
Bathyechiniscus Steiner, 1926
Lepoarctus Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
Paratanarctus D'Addabbo Gallo, Grimaldi de Zio, Morone De Lucia & Troccoli, 1992
Pleocola Cantacuzène, 1951
Raiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1981
Rhomboarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1984
Styraconyx Thulin, 1942
Tetrakentron Cuénot, 1892
Tholoarctus Kristensen & Renaud-Mornant, 1983
References
Further reading
Kristensens & Renaud-Mornant, 1983 : Existence d'arthrotardigrades semi-benthiques de genres nouveaux de la sous-famille des Styraconyxinae subfam. nov. Cahiers de Biologie Marine (Marine Biologoical Books), vol. 24, no. 3, p. 337-353.
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